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    Mike_mds

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    Oct 11, 2020
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    Exactly why my wife went with the 380 and not a 9. I wouldn’t let her try any caliber smaller than that since this will be her nightstand gun should I be out of the house.


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    Michigander08

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    When she shot the sw shield, I don't know if she has correct grip. It didn't seem she held it tight.
     
    lawrencewendall

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    I can't keep my wife's hands off my S&W 45 revolver in the N Frame. She LOVES IT! She won't touch my HK 45. They're not concealed, but we only go to the range.
     
    calicojack

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    What's the first C in CCW? I like a Ruger LCP II in 380 for CCW not because of recoil, but because it is very, very easy to conceal. It just disappears in the pocket.
     
    MaxVO2

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    ezracer said:
    This woman needs to be taught how to correctly hold a pistol. She is not holding the weapon properly.
    Even the .32 was jumping in her hand. She is essentially holding it with one hand. :sad20:
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    ****This. However, in her defense, it may also be partly due to not having adequate grip strength to do a proper wrist lock as well as her fingers not being able to cover enough grip with her dominant hand that she doesn't have a somewhat abnormal feeling when shooting, even using both hands. There is sometimes just not enough surface area to adequately spread out the impulse load from recoil due to having such small hands. There are ways of mitigating this of course but I've had students that had a really hard time due to hand size and lack of grip strength, etc.. Stovepipes, etc..

    I have had students with very small hands and from a physics perspective you can see why they might feel holding the gun a certain odd looking way might feel "better" to them. A large enough hand with adequate grip strength with proper coverage and positioning of the non-dominant hand (proper two hand grip on a semi-auto) works for the overwhelming majority of people, but there are some outliers that as an instructor you see that certain pistols just won't work well for some people. I've taught a couple of "little people", that is "midgets" to some... whose hands are so small, even a Glock G43 looks gargantuan in their hands. We normally teach using .22 pistols like Ruger Mark II, III, IV's, etc.. or mid size Glock 19's with conversion kits for .22 and I was amazed how poor the biomechanics were for some very small people.

    Anyway. There are definitely better pistols available for smaller hands, but it takes experience and a knowledgeable instructor to sometime be able to teach fundamentals (hold control, breath control, trigger control, natural aiming area, stance, etc..) well enough on a regular sized pistol that it transfers over to what might be more optimal to a smaller person.

    I have some pics of folks with small hands holding various sized pistols as well as using different holding techniques for instructional purposes so our instructors can somewhat make the best decision on how to teach someone to shoot that happens to have very small hands, etc..
     
    Biggfoot44

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    An NAA Guardian .32acp should be perfect fit for Little People , and 7yo Girls .

    ( This might seem like a joke , but it's not . OTOH , if the phrase Palm a Basketball has meaning for you , it will be nearly unshootable for being too tiny .)
     
    Michigander08

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    The test for her is if someone can knock the gun off her hand, she is holding it wrong.
     
    John from MD

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    MaxVO2 said:
    ****This. However, in her defense, it may also be partly due to not having adequate grip strength to do a proper wrist lock as well as her fingers not being able to cover enough grip with her dominant hand that she doesn't have a somewhat abnormal feeling when shooting, even using both hands. There is sometimes just not enough surface area to adequately spread out the impulse load from recoil due to having such small hands. There are ways of mitigating this of course but I've had students that had a really hard time due to hand size and lack of grip strength, etc.. Stovepipes, etc..

    I have had students with very small hands and from a physics perspective you can see why they might feel holding the gun a certain odd looking way might feel "better" to them. A large enough hand with adequate grip strength with proper coverage and positioning of the non-dominant hand (proper two hand grip on a semi-auto) works for the overwhelming majority of people, but there are some outliers that as an instructor you see that certain pistols just won't work well for some people. I've taught a couple of "little people", that is "midgets" to some... whose hands are so small, even a Glock G43 looks gargantuan in their hands. We normally teach using .22 pistols like Ruger Mark II, III, IV's, etc.. or mid size Glock 19's with conversion kits for .22 and I was amazed how poor the biomechanics were for some very small people.

    Anyway. There are definitely better pistols available for smaller hands, but it takes experience and a knowledgeable instructor to sometime be able to teach fundamentals (hold control, breath control, trigger control, natural aiming area, stance, etc..) well enough on a regular sized pistol that it transfers over to what might be more optimal to a smaller person.

    I have some pics of folks with small hands holding various sized pistols as well as using different holding techniques for instructional purposes so our instructors can somewhat make the best decision on how to teach someone to shoot that happens to have very small hands, etc..
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    I can second this. I know the proper positions and holds for handguns yet you may look at me and saying I'm doing it wrong. I have had to modify my grip due to my arthritis and my fingers twisting and wrists and shoulders binding. I can't shoot great scores anymore but I can keep them in the middle of a B34 target at 10 yards and that is all I care about.
     
    ezracer

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    John from MD said:
    I can second this. I know the proper positions and holds for handguns yet you may look at me and saying I'm doing it wrong. I have had to modify my grip due to my arthritis and my fingers twisting and wrists and shoulders binding. I can't shoot great scores anymore but I can keep them in the middle of a B34 target at 10 yards and that is all I care about.
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    You statements are valid. Fact still remains. The .380 ACP was jumping all around in her hand. I think someone needs to work with her on technique and also some hand, wrist strengthening exercises . Also practice, practice, practice (the right way )
     
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